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How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Makes Chess Feel Thrilling
Turns out you don’t need to know how chess works to care about chess.
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The Great (and Silent) History of Hollywood’s First Female Director
Lois Weber was one of the most powerful filmmakers in Silent-era Hollywood and we should talk about it more.
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‘Jurassic Park’ and the Narrative Power of Scale
Sometimes size does matter.
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To Split-Screens and Beyond: The Art of Creating Doubles
A look at one of the most common visual effects in all of cinema: duplicating a human being and having the two interact.
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What is a Western, Anyway?
The Western is dead, long live the Western.
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From Talkies to Light Corruption: The Rise and Fall of Fox Studios
Cue the fanfare.
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‘Jaws’ and Genre: The Horror of an Unseen Threat
We’re not here to argue genre semantics. We’re here to talk about why ‘Jaws’ is so horrifying.
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The Roger Deakins Guide to Film Lighting
Lights, Camera, Deakins!
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The Sound Design of ‘Toy Story’ is All About Balance
Listen up: when you’re building a world from the perspective of toys, sound design is critical.